15 Huram cast two bronze columns, each one 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference,7.15: Some ancient translations each one … circumference; Hebrew the first column was 27 feet tall and the second column was 18 feet in circumference. and placed them at the entrance of the Temple. 16 He also made two bronze capitals, each one 7½ feet tall, to be placed on top of the columns. 17 The top of each column was decorated with a design of interwoven chains7.17: Verse 17 in Hebrew is unclear.18 and two rows of bronze pomegranates.
19 The capitals were shaped like lilies, 6 feet tall, 20 and were placed on a rounded section which was above the chain design. There were 200 pomegranates in two rows around each7.20: One ancient translation each; Hebrew the second. capital.
21 Huram placed these two bronze columns in front of the entrance of the Temple: the one on the south side was named Jachin7.21: Jachin: This name sounds like the Hebrew for "he (God) establishes." and the one on the north was named Boaz.7.21: Boaz: This name sounds like the Hebrew for "by his (God’s) strength."22 The lily-shaped bronze capitals were on top of the columns.
And so the work on the columns was completed.